Newsvine - boomhttp://www.newsvine.com/boomNewsvine - boomen-usCopyright 2016Sat, 6 Apr 2013 14:26:47 +0000Fri, 9 Dec 2016 17:04:41 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssSpending mushrooms in new 'political ecosystem'http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17629992-spending-mushrooms-in-new-political-ecosystemhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17629992-spending-mushrooms-in-new-political-ecosystemuspoliticspoliticalfundraisingboompolitical-fundraisingSat, 6 Apr 2013 14:25:34 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE  In this Jan. 21, 2010, file photo Citizens United President David Bossie talks on his cell phone outside the Supreme Court in Washington after the court's ruling on the campaign finance reform case. The emergence of super PACs and other outside groups, emboldened partly by the court's 2010 Citizens United decision, has done more than anything else to reshape the contours of campaign fundraising. Operating with few rules and limited oversight, outside groups spent a record-shattering $1 billion to influence political campaigns last fall. And the system faces further de-regulation as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case this year that could wipe away aggregate annual limits on direct contributions to candidates and official campaign committees. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)</p><p>FILE - In this April 12, 2012 file photo, Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson speaks at a news conference in Macau. Adelson topped the list of political campaign mega donors, giving more than $90 million to Republican super PACs in all. That included more than $15 million to the organization backing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's presidential bid and another $30 million to Romney's super PAC. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)</p>Drivers endure high gas prices despite US oil boomhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402394-drivers-endure-high-gas-prices-despite-us-oil-boomhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402394-drivers-endure-high-gas-prices-despite-us-oil-boomusoilpricesgasoline-pricesus-newsboomThu, 21 Mar 2013 16:01:06 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, file photo, Costco members fill up with discounted gasoline at a Costco gas station in Van Nuys, Calif. U.S. oil output rose 14 percent to 6.5 million barrels per day in 2012, a record increase, but you'd never know it from the price at the pump. The national average price of gasoline is $3.69 per gallon and it is forecast to creep higher and could approach $4 by May. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Thursday, May 10, 2012, file photo, drivers navigate in a congestion of traffic at Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2011, the U.S. became a net exporter of fuels for the first time in 60 years. Mexico and Canada are the two biggest destinations for U.S. fuels, followed by Brazil and the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, file photo, vehicles pack a main road during rush hour in Beijing. China, which overtook the U.S. late last year as the world's largest oil importer, has the single biggest influence on global demand for fuels. China's consumption has risen 28 percent in five years, to 10.2 million barrels per day last year. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)</p><p>FILE- In this Thursday, May 21, 2009, file photo, Gas pries are shown on a sign at a gas station, in Grand Prairie, Texas. U.S. oil output rose 14 percent to 6.5 million barrels per day in 2012, a record increase, but you'd never know it from the price at the pump. The national average price of gasoline is $3.69 per gallon and it is forecast to creep higher and could approach $4 by May. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)</p><p>Graphic shows U.S. average price per gallon for regular gas</p>Underworld saint becoming more popular in UShttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17176739-underworld-saint-becoming-more-popular-in-ushttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17176739-underworld-saint-becoming-more-popular-in-ususnew-orleansus-newsboomcultmuertesanta-muertela-santa-muerteMon, 4 Mar 2013 09:03:31 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>in this Feb. 13, 2013 photo, statues of La Santa Muerte are shown at the Masks y Mas art store in Albuquerque, N.M. La Santa Muerte, an underworld saint most recently associated with the violent drug trade in Mexico, now is spreading throughout the U.S. among a new group of followers ranging from immigrant small business owners to artists and gay activists. In addition to showing up at drug crime scenes, the once-underground icon has been spotted on passion candles in Richmond, Va. grocery stores. The folk saint's image can be seen inside New York City apartments, in Minneapolis religious shops and during art shows in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)</p><p>In this Feb. 12, 2013 photo, a statue of La Sante Muerte from an altar run by Arely Vazquez Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant and transgender woman, is shown at inside a Queens, NY apartment. La Santa Muerte, an underworld saint most recently associated with the violent drug trade in Mexico, now is spreading throughout the U.S. among a new group of followers ranging from immigrant small business owners to artists and gay activists. In addition to showing up at drug crime scenes, the once-underground icon has been spotted on passion candles in Richmond, Va. grocery stores. The folk saint's image can be seen inside New York City apartments, in Minneapolis religious shops and during art shows in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)</p><p>In this Feb. 12, 2013 photo, Arely Vazquez Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant and transgender woman, is shown with her alter to La Sante Muerte at her Queens, NY apartment. La Santa Muerte, an underworld saint most recently associated with the violent drug trade in Mexico, now is spreading throughout the U.S. among a new group of followers ranging from immigrant small business owners to artists and gay activists. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)</p><p>In this Feb. 12, 2013 photo, an offering to a statue of La Sante Muerte at an altar run by Arely Vazquez Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant and transgender woman, is shown at inside a Queens, NY apartment. La Santa Muerte, an underworld saint most recently associated with the violent drug trade in Mexico, now is spreading throughout the U.S. among a new group of followers ranging from immigrant small business owners to artists and gay activists. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)</p><p>In this Feb. 12, 2013 photo, an altar to La Sante Muerte run by Arely Vazquez Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant and transgender woman, is shown inside a Queens, NY apartment. La Santa Muerte, an underworld saint most recently associated with the violent drug trade in Mexico, now is spreading throughout the U.S. among a new group of followers ranging from immigrant small business owners to artists and gay activists. In addition to showing up at drug crime scenes, the once-underground icon has been spotted on passion candles in Richmond, Va. grocery stores. The folk saint's image can be seen inside New York City apartments, in Minneapolis religious shops and during art shows in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)</p><p>in this Feb. 13, 2013 photo, statues of La Santa Muerte are shown at the Masks y Mas art store in Albuquerque, N.M. La Santa Muerte, an underworld saint most recently associated with the violent drug trade in Mexico, now is spreading throughout the U.S. among a new group of followers ranging from immigrant small business owners to artists and gay activists. In addition to showing up at drug crime scenes, the once-underground icon has been spotted on passion candles in Richmond, Va. grocery stores. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)</p><p>in this Feb. 13, 2013 photo, actor Gregory Beasley Jr., 35, with a La Santa Muerte statue around his neck, is shown at the Masks y Mas art store in Albuquerque, N.M. Beasley is a follower of La Santa Muerte, an underworld saint most recently associated with the violent drug trade in Mexico, but now is spreading throughout the U.S. among a new group of followers ranging from immigrant small business owners to artists and gay activists. In addition to showing up at drug crime scenes, the once-underground icon has been spotted on passion candles in Richmond, Va. grocery stores. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)</p><p>In this Feb. 12, 2013 photo, statues of La Sante Muerte from an altar run by Arely Vazquez Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant and transgender woman, is shown inside a Queens, NY apartment. La Santa Muerte, an underworld saint most recently associated with the violent drug trade in Mexico, now is spreading throughout the U.S. among a new group of followers ranging from immigrant small business owners to artists and gay activists. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)</p>Poland emerging as major European outsourcing hubhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17117416-poland-emerging-as-major-european-outsourcing-hubhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17117416-poland-emerging-as-major-european-outsourcing-hubeupolandoutsourcingworld-newseastern-europeanboomjavier-bofarull-marquesWed, 27 Feb 2013 14:57:01 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Feb. 11, 2013 photo, Przemek Berendt, the vice president for global marketing at Luxoft, an IT services outsourcing company, speaks on his phone in Krakow, Poland, on Monday Feb. 11, 2013. Luxoft, which is headquartered in Russia, is just one of dozens of international companies that have outsourced key business services to Poland, making the Eastern European country the outsourcing destination in Europe. In fact, the outsourcing sector in Poland is going so strong now that it is even starting to attract workers from Western Europe. Berendt says a key factor in Polands attractiveness to companies is the countrys political stability and the fact that as an EU member, it has a strong rule of law and protects intellectual property rights. Thats important for Luxoft, which creates trading platforms for investment banks and automotive software. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)</p><p>In this Sunday Feb. 10, 2013 photo, Javier Bofarull Marques, 44, tells The Associated Press of an unsuccessful job search in Spain, where unemployment is now 26 percent, but his luck in finding work in Poland in his home in Krakow, Poland,. Bofarull Marques is among a small but growing number of Western Europeans who are working in Poland, a dramatic reversal for an Eastern European country whose poverty and political repression once drove its own people abroad in droves. Polands economy has grown for 21 years straight even as Spain and other Western European countries are struggling to recover from the worst crisis in generations. A key factor in recent growth is a booming outsourcing sector. Dozens of international companies have outsourced key business services to Poland, making the Eastern European country the leading outsourcing destination in Europe. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)</p><p>In this Feb. 11, 2013 photo, Przemek Berendt, the vice president for global marketing at Luxoft, an IT services outsourcing company, works at a company office in Krakow, Poland. Luxoft, which is headquartered in Russia, is just one of dozens of international companies that have outsourced key business services to Poland, making the Eastern European country the outsourcing destination in Europe. In fact, the outsourcing sector in Poland is going so strong now that it is even starting to attract workers from Western Europe. Berendt says a key factor in Polands attractiveness to companies is the countrys political stability and the fact that as an EU member, it has a strong rule of law and protects intellectual property rights. Thats important for Luxoft, which creates trading platforms for investment banks and automotive software. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)</p><p>In this Sunday Feb. 10, 2013 photo, Javier Bofarull Marques, 44, tells The Associated Press of an unsuccessful job search in Spain, where unemployment is now 26 percent, but his luck in finding work in Poland in his home in Krakow, Poland,. Bofarull Marques is among a small but growing number of Western Europeans who are working in Poland, a dramatic reversal for an Eastern European country whose poverty and political repression once drove its own people abroad in droves. Polands economy has grown for 21 years straight even as Spain and other Western European countries are struggling to recover from the worst crisis in generations. A key factor in recent growth is a booming outsourcing sector. Dozens of international companies have outsourced key business services to Poland, making the Eastern European country the leading outsourcing destination in Europe. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)</p>Brazil's booming beauty market draws investorshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16949374-brazils-booming-beauty-market-draws-investorshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16949374-brazils-booming-beauty-market-draws-investorsbusinessbrazilworld-newsbeautyboomltWed, 13 Feb 2013 15:20:23 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Jan. 23, 2013 photo, an employee applies make-up on a client at the Sephora store in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A flush new middle class and a population strong on working adults is dropping major cash on designer shampoos, lotions and cosmetics, rapidly turning this country into a beauty industry powerhouse. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)</p><p>In this Feb. 4, 2013 photo, a stylist brushes the hair of a customer at a salon in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 2008, L'Oreal opened a lab in Rio to focus on hair. Human hair falls into eight types depending on diameter, curliness, the number of waves, twists and other measures, and highly multiracial Brazil has all eight, unlike most countries in Europe, Asia or Africa, said Blaise Didillon, head of research and innovation for L'Oreal Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)</p><p>In this Feb. 4, 2013 photo, a customer tests make-up in a store in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sales of beauty products in Brazil hit $43 billion in 2011, a growth of 142 percent in five years that puts it on a pace to overtake the world's second-largest beauty market, Japan, in a few years, according to Euromonitor, a global market research company. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)</p><p>In this Feb. 5, 2013 photo, a manicurist works on the nails of a customer in a salon in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Blaise Didillon, head of research and innovation for L'Oreal Brazil, said per capita spending on beauty and personal care products is around $260 a year in Brazil, and that is leading companies to invest heavily in understanding Brazilian needs. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)</p><p>In this Feb. 5, 2013 photo, a customer looks at her reflection as she gets her haircut at a beauty salon in Sao Paulo, Brazil. L'Oreal's tests have revealed that half of all Brazilian women smell their own hair at least once a day. The dedication to texture and scent also makes Brazil a prime testing ground for new products, said Blaise Didillon, head of research and innovation for L'Oreal Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)</p><p>In this Feb. 5, 2013 photo, a customer sits under a hair dryer at a beauty salon in Sao Paulo, Brazil. "When you come from France and spend time in the streets, in the metro, in the bus, it's amazing to see the relationship between women here and their hair," said Blaise Didillon, head of research and innovation for L'Oreal Brazil. "They're always touching their hair. It's not like that in France." (AP Photo/Andre Penner)</p>In Philly, business booms where battleships bornhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16922659-in-philly-business-booms-where-battleships-bornhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16922659-in-philly-business-booms-where-battleships-bornusbuildingcold-warus-newsboomyardnavy-yardMon, 11 Feb 2013 07:26:28 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, shown is the new GlaxoSmithKline building, top left, at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, shown is Marriott hotel under construction at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, project manager Ray Milora, center right, works in the GlaxoSmithKline's building at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, project manager Ray Milora, center, works in the GlaxoSmithKline's building at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, project manager Ray Milora works in the GlaxoSmithKline's building at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, shown is the new GlaxoSmithKline building at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, vehicles move thought the main gate at the Navy yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, shown is an Urban Outfitters building at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, project manager Ray Milora poses for a photo in the GlaxoSmithKline's building at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, shown is the new GlaxoSmithKline building, top left, at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, a Marriott hotel is under construction at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, project manager Ray Milora, center right, works in the GlaxoSmithKline's building at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, project manager Ray Milora, center, works in the GlaxoSmithKline building at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, project manager Ray Milora works in GlaxoSmithKline's building at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, shown is the new GlaxoSmithKline building at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, vehicles move through the main gate at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, shown is the Urban Outfitters building at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, project manager Ray Milora poses for a photo in the GlaxoSmithKline building at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The city's Navy Yard is celebrating a milestone that skeptics might not have believed 15 years ago. Nearly all naval operations are long gone from the sprawling former shipyard but 10,000 people now work there in an eclectic mix of businesses from fashion to pharmacies. That number is expected to triple in 20 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p>Din of hammers, oil wells signal Bakersfield boomhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16231377-din-of-hammers-oil-wells-signal-bakersfield-boomhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16231377-din-of-hammers-oil-wells-signal-bakersfield-boomusus-newsbakersfieldboomtehachapi-mountainsSat, 29 Dec 2012 00:01:24 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Dec. 18, 2012 photo, one of the region's thousands of oil pumps sits in the foreground of the new Westside Parkway under construction in Bakersfield, Calif. Much of the economic boom Bakersfield is enjoying is because high oil prices and new technology for extraction have revived the $10 billion industry that seemed dried up 25 years ago when Kern County set out to diversify its economy and expand its tax base. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone)</p><p>This Dec. 18, 2012 photo shows the Westside Parkway, a new east-west freeway that is nearing completion, in Bakersfield, Calif. Bakersfield is experiencing a building and jobs boom and the new Westside Parkway is designed to alleviate congestion there. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone)</p>Artisans are thriving again in post-quake Haitihttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16010494-artisans-are-thriving-again-in-post-quake-haitihttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16010494-artisans-are-thriving-again-in-post-quake-haitihaitiworld-newsboomartisancbWed, 19 Dec 2012 08:02:08 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Dec. 11, 2012 photo, Ivonne Paul, 68, prepares wooden bowls at the Einstein wood shop in Carrefour, Haiti. Before the 2010 earthquake, Haitis renowned artisans were beholden to the occasional tourist or Haitian emigrants who would cart a suitcase of baubles back home. But now the artisan industry is enjoying an outright resurgence as its boosted by artisan advocacy groups that are helping organize workers and improve quality. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)</p><p>In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, an artist draws a piece of a metal at the Arts and Crafts shop in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. At least three major U.S. retailers and three high-end designers are now working with at least five artisan groups to export Haitian arts and crafts. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)</p><p>In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, arts and crafts hang for sale in the Jacques Rony's shop in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. Haitian crafts reached their peak in the early 1980s when thousands were employed. But the industry, and the rest of Haitis economy, collapsed following a United Nations-imposed embargo in 1993 that sought to restore constitutional rule after a military junta ousted then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)</p><p>In this Dec. 11, 2012 photo, Eligene Viciere, 39, creates a wooden bowl at the Einstein wood shop in Carrefour, Haiti. The sector of arts and crafts has taken off as one of the few bright spots to emerge from an otherwise sluggish rebuilding effort following the 2010 earthquake. And with U.S. shoppers searching for the perfect gifts, demand in Haiti is high. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)</p><p>In this Dec. 9, 2012 photo, a worker prepares a piece of metal art at the Jacques Rony's Arts and Crafts shop in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. The recovery of the craft industry had been slow until the 2010 earthquake thrust Haiti into the spotlight. Artisans now see their crafts competing on the international market and creating jobs in a country where steady employment has long been elusive. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)</p><p>In this Dec. 11, 2012 photo, Marleine Land, 24, creates a decorative wooden bowl at the Einstein wood shop in Carrefour, Haiti. At least three major U.S. retailers and three high-end designers are now working with at least five artisan groups to export Haitian arts and crafts. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)</p><p>In this Dec. 9, 2012 photo, an artists paints arts and crafts at the Ajoupas Shop in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. The artisan industry is enjoying an outright resurgence as its boosted by artisan advocacy groups that are helping organize workers and improve quality. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)</p><p>In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, an artists creates metal art at the Fritz Calixte's Arts and Crafts shop in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. The number of workers creating metal work crafts from recycled oil drums, home decor and bead jewelry has increased and workshops have opened throughout the Caribbean nation, thanks in part to an injection of money from outside groups such as the Inter-American Development Bank and the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, a pro-business nonprofit set up by the former U.S. presidents. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)</p><p>In this Dec. 9, 2012 photo, a worker prepares a piece of art at the Fritz Calixte's Arts and Crafts shop in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. Three years after a devastating earthquake rocked this impoverished country, theres still not much economic traction, but one small niche is taking off: Arts and crafts. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)</p><p>In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, an artist prepares a piece of art at Jacques Rony's Arts and Crafts shop in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. Haiti boasts of a tradition of master artistry. Before the 2010 earthquake, Haitis renowned artisans were beholden to the occasional tourist or Haitian emigrants who would cart a suitcase of baubles back home. But now the artisan industry is enjoying an outright resurgence. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)</p>Amid Vietnam gloom, US company promises richeshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15180891-amid-vietnam-gloom-us-company-promises-richeshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15180891-amid-vietnam-gloom-us-company-promises-richesbusinessmarketingvietnamworld-newsasboomrolls-roycevietnam-marketingThu, 15 Nov 2012 07:55:00 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo taken on Oct. 19, 2012, Australian Brian Tan, right, a blue diamond sales executive of Nu Skin, a multilevel marketing company, speaks during a presentation to economic students to expand and recruit distributors for his sales system at Nu Skin's office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Nu Skin, which has stormed through Asia over the last two decades, racked up huge profits despite regulatory scrutiny over its marketing practices and the efficacy of the products that it sells. Multilevel marketing businesses have a strained history in China and Vietnam, whose Communist rulers have been wary of pyramid-based sales schemes that have been characterized by some as preying on the dreams of poor citizens. They also fear that unrest as a result of associated scams from the schemes could challenge their legitimacy. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)</p><p>In this photo taken on Oct. 19, 2012, Australian Brian Tan, right, a blue diamond sales executive of Nu Skin, a multilevel marketing company, speaks during a presentation to economic students to expand and recruit distributors for his sales system at Nu Skin's office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Nu Skin, which has stormed through Asia over the last two decades, racked up huge profits despite regulatory scrutiny over its marketing practices and the efficacy of the products that it sells. Multilevel marketing businesses have a strained history in China and Vietnam, whose Communist rulers have been wary of pyramid-based sales schemes that have been characterized by some as preying on the dreams of poor citizens. They also fear that unrest as a result of associated scams from the schemes could challenge their legitimacy. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)</p><p>In this photo taken on Oct. 19, 2012, Australian Brian Tan, a blue diamond sales executive of Nu Skin, a multilevel marketing company, speaks during a presentation to economic students to expand and recruit distributors for his sales system at Nu Skin's office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Nu Skin, which has stormed through Asia over the last two decades, racked up huge profits despite regulatory scrutiny over its marketing practices and the efficacy of the products that it sells. Multilevel marketing businesses have a strained history in China and Vietnam, whose Communist rulers have been wary of pyramid-based sales schemes that have been characterized by some as preying on the dreams of poor citizens. They also fear that unrest as a result of associated scams from the schemes could challenge their legitimacy. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)</p><p>In this photo taken on Oct. 19, 2012, a Vietnamese Buddhist nun among economic students listens during a presentation by Nu Skin, a multilevel marketing company, at its office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Nu Skin, which has stormed through Asia over the last two decades, racked up huge profits despite regulatory scrutiny over its marketing practices and the efficacy of the products that it sells. Multilevel marketing businesses have a strained history in China and Vietnam, whose Communist rulers have been wary of pyramid-based sales schemes that have been characterized by some as preying on the dreams of poor citizens. They also fear that unrest as a result of associated scams from the schemes could challenge their legitimacy. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)</p>Wheel you marry me? Europe has crush on cyclinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14873352-wheel-you-marry-me-europe-has-crush-on-cyclinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14873352-wheel-you-marry-me-europe-has-crush-on-cyclingeuropecyclingworld-newsboomFri, 2 Nov 2012 07:52:22 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A woman rides a Velib bike-sharing program closed to the Eiffel Tower, seen in background, in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. From Londons cycle superhighways to popular bike-sharing programs in Paris and Barcelona, growing numbers of European cities are embracing cycling as a safe, clean, healthy, inexpensive and even trendy way to get around town. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)</p><p>In this undated photo is the spermbike ' Spermbullit ' is seen on the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark. European cities promote cycling with everything from superhighways to revolving bike racks. More and more companies use custom-made bikes to carry packages of particular shapes and sizes. Some are designed to serve as billboards for companies, like the sperm bike used by a Danish sperm bank to transport sperm to fertility clinics in Copenhagen.(AP Photo/European Sperm Bank/POLFOTO/handout) </p><p>A man parks his bicycle near Central Station in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)</p><p>Parked bicycles block the entrance to a 50-place underground bicycle parking in Amsterdam Noord, across IJ river, Netherlands, Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)</p><p>Johan Maige from Paris, rides a Velib bike-sharing program between cars in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. From Londons cycle superhighways to popular bike-sharing programs in Paris and Barcelona, growing numbers of European cities are embracing cycling as a safe, clean, healthy, inexpensive and even trendy way to get around town. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)</p><p>Parked bicycles block the entrance to a 50-place underground bicycle parking in Amsterdam Noord, across IJ river, Netherlands, Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)</p><p>French author Jacques Colombat walks out a library to ride a Velib bike-sharing program in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. From Londons cycle superhighways to popular bike-sharing programs in Paris and Barcelona, growing numbers of European cities are embracing cycling as a safe, clean, healthy, inexpensive and even trendy way to get around town. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)</p><p>A man rides past a tilted trash bin in Copenhagen on Oct. 3, 2012. The photo is not from the route labeled a superhighway, but a downtown Copenhagen street with the same kind of bicycle-friendly features. (AP Photo/Jan M. Olsen)</p><p>Two cyclists use a foot rest with handles at a major intersection on Oct.3, 2012. The photo is not from the route labeled a superhighway, but a downtown Copenhagen street with the same kind of bicycle-friendly features. (AP Photo/Jan M. Olsen)</p>Correction: US Oil Boom storyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647052-correction-us-oil-boom-storyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647052-correction-us-oil-boom-storybusinessusoilsaudi-arabiaunited-statesassociated-pressus-newsboomTue, 23 Oct 2012 17:34:22 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Tuesday, July 26, 2011 file photo, Ben Shaw hangs from an oil derrick outside of Williston, N.D. U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer. U.S. production of oil and other liquid hydrocarbons is on track to rise 7 percent in 2012 to an average of 10.9 million barrels per day. It's the fourth straight year of crude increases, and this year drillers are on track to post the biggest single year gain since 1951. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)</p><p>Graphic shows crude oil production</p><p>FILE - In this Tuesday, July 26, 2011 file photo, Austin Mitchell, left, and Ryan Lehto, work on an oil derrick outside of Williston, N.D. U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer. U.S. production of oil and other liquid hydrocarbons is on track to rise 7 percent in 2012 to an average of 10.9 million barrels per day. It's the fourth straight year of crude increases, and this year drillers are on track to post the biggest single year gain since 1951. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)</p><p>FILE - This Wednesday, May 9, 2012, file photo, shows a drilling rig near Kennedy, Texas. U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer. U.S. production of oil and other liquid hydrocarbons is on track to rise 7 percent in 2012 to an average of 10.9 million barrels per day. It's the fourth straight year of crude increases, and this year drillers are on track to post the biggest single year gain since 1951. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)</p><p>FILE -In this Tuesday, March 6, 2012, file photo taken with a long exposure, a pumping unit sucks oil from the ground near Greensburg, Kan. U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer. U.S. production of oil and other liquid hydrocarbons is on track to rise 7 percent in 2012 to an average of 10.9 million barrels per day. It's the fourth straight year of crude increases, and this year drillers are on track to post the biggest single year gain since 1951. . (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)</p>Squirrel population boom frustrates fruit growershttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14470586-squirrel-population-boom-frustrates-fruit-growershttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14470586-squirrel-population-boom-frustrates-fruit-growersusfarmfoodus-newsboomsquirrel-boomTue, 16 Oct 2012 06:39:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Oct. 5, 2012 photo, a gray squirrel sits in Montpelier, Vt. Biologists say a variety of natural forces have combined to produce an overabundance of squirrels throughout Vermont and some adjoining states, devastating at least some apple orchards. It's expected the population could crash as rapidly as it grew.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)</p><p>FILE- In this March 2, 2008, file photo, a red squirrel perches on a tree branch in Calais, Vt. Biologists say a variety of natural forces have combined to produce an overabundance of squirrels throughout Vermont and some adjoining states, devastating at least some apple orchards. It's expected the population could crash as rapidly as it grew.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)</p><p>In this June 12, 2012 photo, a red squirrel stands in Montpelier, Vt. Biologists say a variety of natural forces have combined to produce an overabundance of squirrels throughout Vermont and some adjoining states, devastating at least some apple orchards. It's expected the population could crash as rapidly as it grew. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)</p>Rooftop pool, wine bar: Hotels building in Africahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14169779-rooftop-pool-wine-bar-hotels-building-in-africahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14169779-rooftop-pool-wine-bar-hotels-building-in-africahotelafricaworld-newsboomMon, 1 Oct 2012 14:29:47 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, a member of staff prepares coffee at the cafe and wine bar of the Sankara Nairobi hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. International hotel developers are planning nearly 40,000 new rooms across Africa in the coming years, the continent's business travel is increasing, and Africa's middle class will soon begin leisure travel en masse. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, a receptionist takes a call at the front desk of the Sankara Nairobi hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. International hotel developers are planning nearly 40,000 new rooms across Africa in the coming years, the continent's business travel is increasing, and Africa's middle class will soon begin leisure travel en masse. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, a member of staff wheels drinks at the rooftop pool of the Sankara Nairobi hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. International hotel developers are planning nearly 40,000 new rooms across Africa in the coming years, the continent's business travel is increasing, and Africa's middle class will soon begin leisure travel en masse. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, a fitness trainer exercises in the gym of the Sankara Nairobi hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. International hotel developers are planning nearly 40,000 new rooms across Africa in the coming years, the continent's business travel is increasing, and Africa's middle class will soon begin leisure travel en masse. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p>Old Pa. steel town now surging in casino businesshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/29/14151882-old-pa-steel-town-now-surging-in-casino-businesshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/29/14151882-old-pa-steel-town-now-surging-in-casino-businessusnewnew-york-cityus-newsboombethlehembethlehem-steelSat, 29 Sep 2012 17:05:00 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this file photo from Friday, May 22, 2009, patrons are seen at the Sands Casino Bethlehem, in Bethlehem, Pa. A generation ago, this town was booming thanks to a manufacturing behemoth that helped build the New York City skyline, Panama Canal, battleships and countless miles of railway. Now, more than a decade after Bethlehem Steel went bankrupt, the city is reinvigorating itself through a different industry: casino gambling. (AP Photo/ Rick Smith, File)</p><p>FILE - In this file photo from Friday, May 22, 2009, patrons pass under the entrance marquis to the Sands Casino Bethlehem when it opened its doors to the public for the first time, in Bethlehem, Pa. A generation ago, this town was booming thanks to a manufacturing behemoth that helped build the New York City skyline, Panama Canal, battleships and countless miles of railway. Now, more than a decade after Bethlehem Steel went bankrupt, the city is reinvigorating itself through a different industry: casino gambling. (AP Photo/ Rick Smith, File)</p><p>FILE - In this file photo from April 30, 2009, blast furnaces from the historic Bethlehem Steel plant are seen, in Bethlehem, Pa. Las Vegas Sands Corporation's Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem is located on a portion the former site of the Bethlehem Steel plant. A generation ago, this town was booming thanks to a manufacturing behemoth that helped build the New York City skyline, Panama Canal, battleships and countless miles of railway. Now, more than a decade after Bethlehem Steel went bankrupt, the city is reinvigorating itself through a different industry: casino gambling. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)</p><p>FILE - In this file photo from April 30, 2009, slot machines crowd the floor during a tour of Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, in Bethlehem, Pa. This Las Vegas Sands Corporation's Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem is located on the former site of the Bethlehem Steel plant. A generation ago, this town was booming thanks to a manufacturing behemoth that helped build the New York City skyline, Panama Canal, battleships and countless miles of railway. Now, more than a decade after Bethlehem Steel went bankrupt, the city is reinvigorating itself through a different industry: casino gambling. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)</p><p>FILE - In this file photo from April 30, 2009, blast furnaces from the historic Bethlehem Steel plant are seen, in Bethlehem, Pa. Las Vegas Sands Corporation's Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem is located on a portion the former site of the Bethlehem Steel plant. A generation ago, this town was booming thanks to a manufacturing behemoth that helped build the New York City skyline, Panama Canal, battleships and countless miles of railway. Now, more than a decade after Bethlehem Steel went bankrupt, the city is reinvigorating itself through a different industry: casino gambling. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)</p><p>FILE - In this file photo from Friday, May 22, 2009, patrons stand in line to enter the Sands Casino Bethlehem when it opens its doors to the public for the first time, in Bethlehem, Pa. A generation ago, this town was booming thanks to a manufacturing behemoth that helped build the New York City skyline, Panama Canal, battleships and countless miles of railway. Now, more than a decade after Bethlehem Steel went bankrupt, the city is reinvigorating itself through a different industry: casino gambling. (AP Photo/ Rick Smith, File)</p>Small Ky. town focus of eclipse chasershttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/31/13583764-small-ky-town-focus-of-eclipse-chasershttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/31/13583764-small-ky-town-focus-of-eclipse-chasersusapscienceus-newschurchill-downs'boomeclipseFri, 31 Aug 2012 07:29:28 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This Aug. 27, 2012 photo shows a road sign under the afternoon sun outside Hopkinsville, Ky. When the next total eclipse of the sun darkens skies over parts of the United States on Aug. 21, 2017, the afternoon event will last longer in a rural stretch near Hopkinsville than any place on the planet. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)</p><p>This Aug. 27, 2012 photo shows a welcome sign at the downtown area of Hopkinsville, Ky. When the next total eclipse of the sun darkens skies over parts of the United States on Aug. 21, 2017, the afternoon event will last longer in a rural stretch near Hopkinsville than any place on the planet. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)</p><p>This Aug. 27, 2012, photo shows farmland near Hopkinsville, Ky. Visitors are expected to head to this rural area when the next total eclipse of the sun darkens skies over parts of the United States on Aug. 21, 2017. The afternoon event will last longer in an area near Hopkinsville than any place on the planet. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)</p><p>This Aug. 27, 2012 photo shows Mark Cansler in a field on his family farm near Hopkinsville, Ky. Cansler expects visitors to fields like his to observe the next total eclipse of the sun visible from the United States on Aug. 21, 2017. The afternoon event will last longer in a rural stretch near Hopkinsville than any place on the planet. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)</p>Iraqis wait to see gains from country's oil boomhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/20/13377549-iraqis-wait-to-see-gains-from-countrys-oil-boomhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/20/13377549-iraqis-wait-to-see-gains-from-countrys-oil-boomiraqoilbluesworld-newsboomunknown-soldiermlMon, 20 Aug 2012 16:37:12 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Saturday, June 4, 2011 file photo, the Iraqi national flag flies over a newly inaugurated gas processing facility at Tuba oil field in the southern oil-rich province of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq is fast becoming an oil producing powerhouse, but youd never know that by looking at the faded Unknown Soldier gas station in downtown Baghdad.(AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani, File)</p><p>In this Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 photo, Iraqi children cool off by swimming in a garbage-filled pond fed by wastewater runoff in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq is fast becoming an oil producing powerhouse, but many Iraqis see little reason to celebrate the postwar petroleum gains that have turned Iraq into a leading oil producer. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)</p><p>In this Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 photo, Iraqis get fresh water from a water purification plant in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq is fast becoming an oil producing powerhouse, but many Iraqis see little reason to celebrate the postwar petroleum gains that have turned Iraq into a leading oil producer. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)</p><p>In this Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 photo, Iraqis have access to liquid gas cylinders in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq is fast becoming an oil producing powerhouse, but many Iraqis see little reason to celebrate the postwar petroleum gains that have turned Iraq into a leading oil producer. (AP Photo / Karim Kadim)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 photo, Iraqis fill up at a gas station in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq is fast becoming an oil producing powerhouse, but many Iraqis see little reason to celebrate the postwar petroleum gains that have turned Iraq into a leading oil producer. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)</p>Oil boom brings scarcity of workers in small townshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13261626-oil-boom-brings-scarcity-of-workers-in-small-townshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13261626-oil-boom-brings-scarcity-of-workers-in-small-townsbusinessusoilbusthiringus-newsboomoil-boomMon, 13 Aug 2012 18:37:00 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Wednesday, July 18, 2012 photo, Marvin Vaughn, warden of the William S. Key Correctional Center, gestures as he answers a question during an interview in his office in Ft. Supply, Okla. Eight inmates have escaped since January, more than all of last year, and prison officials say low staffing levels are at least partially responsible. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)</p><p>In this Wednesday, July 18, 2012 photo, corrections officer Jeremy Chaffin is pictured during an interview at his work station in the William S. Key Correctional Center, in Ft. Supply, Okla. Things haven't been good for the minimum-security state prison. Eight inmates have escaped since January, more than all of last year, and prison officials say low staffing levels are at least partially to blame. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)</p><p>In this Friday, July 20, 2012 photo, workers are pictured on a drilling rig near Calumet, Okla. Oklahoma is one of several states, including North and South Dakota, that has enjoyed a boom in the energy sector driven in large part by new and improved drilling techniques such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, which cracks open fissures in rock formations to retrieve oil and gas. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)</p><p>In this Wednesday, July 18, 2012 photo, from left, family members Trenton Sunderland, Mandy Sunderland, Kenny Vassar and Lyndell Vassar, prepare food at their Dairy Queen restaurant in Woodward, Okla. Vassar said he is considering scaling back the hours the store is open because he can't hire enough workers to cover all the shifts. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)</p><p>In this Friday, July 20, 2012 photo, a drilling rig is pictured near Calumet, Okla. Oklahoma is one of several states, including North and South Dakota, that has enjoyed a boom in the energy sector driven in large part by new and improved drilling techniques such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, which cracks open fissures in rock formations to retrieve oil and gas. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)</p><p>In this Friday, July 20, 2012 photo, pipe for a pipeline is readied for installation near a drilling rig, near Calumet, Okla. Oklahoma is one of several states, including North and South Dakota, that has enjoyed a boom in the energy sector driven in large part by new and improved drilling techniques such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, which cracks open fissures in rock formations to retrieve oil and gas. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)</p>Modern-day maquiladora town becoming realityhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/08/13184262-modern-day-maquiladora-town-becoming-realityhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/08/13184262-modern-day-maquiladora-town-becoming-realityusbordertownnew-mexicous-newsboomWed, 8 Aug 2012 18:54:19 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Traffic crosses from Mexico into the United States at a border station in Santa Teresa, N.M., in this photo made in March 14, 2012. The crossing is undergoing a $10 million expansion to accommodate increasing commercial traffic in this border zone just west of El Paso and Juarez. Helping fuel the boom is the FoxConn electronics assembly plant south of the border and a $400 million Union Pacific rail hub being built in Santa Teresa. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing)</p><p>Miguel Angel Torres, who sells water and sodas at the Mexican Side of the Santa Teresa Border Crossing looks across to the FoxConn factory, Tuesday, August 7, 2012, in Juarez, Mexico. Once a small, dusty border, Santa Teresa town is experiencing a boom thanks to a new border crossing, railroad yards and factories like FoxConn. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)</p><p>A truck leaves the FoxConn factory, Tuesday, August 7, 2012, in Juarez, Mexico, just across the Santa Teresa Border crossing from the U.S. Once a small, dusty border town, Santa Teresa, N.M., is experiencing a boom thanks to a new border crossing, railroad yards and computer and electronics manufacturing giants like FoxConn, which operates Mexico's largest border assembly plant, or maquiladora. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)</p>NY joining revival of short-line rail industryhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/05/12582258-ny-joining-revival-of-short-line-rail-industryhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/05/12582258-ny-joining-revival-of-short-line-rail-industryusnew-yorklinerailus-newsboomhudson-rivershort-line-railThu, 5 Jul 2012 18:14:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this July 3, 2012 photo, a rock pile is seen at the Tahawus mine in Newcomb, N.Y. A railroad company is renovating rusty, overgrown tracks to get at millions of tons of waste rock at the abandoned iron and titanium mine near the source of the Hudson River and the highest peaks of the Adirondacks. The federal Surface Transportation Board on June 14, 2012, cleared the way for the New York freight line to be operated by the Saratoga and North Creek Railway. The planned reopening of a 30-mile rail link is part of a widespread resurgence of short line and regional railroads driven by high oil prices that make rail shipping more economical than trucking. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>In this July 3, 2012 photo, grass and weeds grow on rail tracks leading to the Tahawus mine in Newcomb, N.Y. A railroad company is renovating rusty, overgrown tracks to get at millions of tons of waste rock at the abandoned iron and titanium mine near the source of the Hudson River and the highest peaks of the Adirondacks. The federal Surface Transportation Board on June 14, 2012, cleared the way for the New York freight line to be operated by the Saratoga and North Creek Railway. The planned reopening of a 30-mile rail link is part of a widespread resurgence of short line and regional railroads driven by high oil prices that make rail shipping more economical than trucking. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>In this July 3, 2012 photo, grass and weeds grow on rail tracks leading to the Tahawus mine in Newcomb, N.Y. A railroad company is renovating rusty, overgrown tracks to get at millions of tons of waste rock at the abandoned iron and titanium mine near the source of the Hudson River and the highest peaks of the Adirondacks. The federal Surface Transportation Board on June 14, 2012, cleared the way for the New York freight line to be operated by the Saratoga and North Creek Railway. The planned reopening of a 30-mile rail link is part of a widespread resurgence of short line and regional railroads driven by high oil prices that make rail shipping more economical than trucking. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>In this July 3, 2012 photo, a locked gate blocks a road leading to the Tahawus mine in Newcomb, N.Y. A railroad company is renovating rusty, overgrown tracks to get at millions of tons of waste rock at the abandoned iron and titanium mine near the source of the Hudson River and the highest peaks of the Adirondacks. The federal Surface Transportation Board on June 14, 2012, cleared the way for the New York freight line to be operated by the Saratoga and North Creek Railway. The planned reopening of a 30-mile rail link is part of a widespread resurgence of short line and regional railroads driven by high oil prices that make rail shipping more economical than trucking. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>In this July 3, 2012 photo, a locked gate blocks a road leading to the Tahawus mine in Newcomb, N.Y. A railroad company is renovating rusty, overgrown tracks to get at millions of tons of waste rock at the abandoned iron and titanium mine near the source of the Hudson River and the highest peaks of the Adirondacks. The federal Surface Transportation Board on June 14, 2012, cleared the way for the New York freight line to be operated by the Saratoga and North Creek Railway. The planned reopening of a 30-mile rail link is part of a widespread resurgence of short line and regional railroads driven by high oil prices that make rail shipping more economical than trucking. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p>Correction: Breastaurant Boom storyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/24/12382765-correction-breastaurant-boom-storyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/24/12382765-correction-breastaurant-boom-storyusassociated-pressus-newsboomtwin-peaksron-lynchbreastauranttilted-kilt-pubSun, 24 Jun 2012 13:42:37 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this May 16, 2012 photo, Rose Dimov serves lunch at the Tilted Kilt, in Tempe, Ariz. The Tilted Kilt is part of a booming niche in the beleaguered restaurant industry known as breastaurants, or sports bars that feature scantily-clad waitresses. These small chains operate in the tradition of Hooters, which pioneered the concept in the 1980s but has struggled in recent years to stay fresh. (AP Photo/Matt York)</p><p>In this May 16, 2012 photo, Ashley Carpenter takes lunch orders at the Tilted Kilt, in Tempe, Ariz. The Tilted Kilt is part of a booming niche in the beleaguered restaurant industry known as breastaurants, or sports bars that feature scantily-clad waitresses. These small chains operate in the tradition of Hooters, which pioneered the concept in the 1980s but has struggled in recent years to stay fresh. (AP Photo/Matt York)</p><p>In this May 16, 2012 photo, Valerie Chaira carries lunch from the kitchen at the Tilted Kilt, in Tempe, Ariz. The Tilted Kilt is part of a booming niche in the beleaguered restaurant industry known as breastaurants, or sports bars that feature scantily-clad waitresses. These small chains operate in the tradition of Hooters, which pioneered the concept in the 1980s but has struggled in recent years to stay fresh. (AP Photo/Matt York)</p><p>In this May 16, 2012 photo, Carley Brusca serves a beer at the Tilted Kilt, in Tempe, Ariz. The Tilted Kilt is part of a booming niche in the beleaguered restaurant industry known as breastaurants, or sports bars that feature scantily-clad waitresses. These small chains operate in the tradition of Hooters, which pioneered the concept in the 1980s but has struggled in recent years to stay fresh. (AP Photo/Matt York)</p><p>In this May 16, 2012 photo, Rose Dimov serves lunch at the Tilted Kilt, in Tempe, Ariz. The Tilted Kilt is part of a booming niche in the beleaguered restaurant industry known as breastaurants, or sports bars that feature scantily-clad waitresses. These small chains operate in the tradition of Hooters, which pioneered the concept in the 1980s but has struggled in recent years to stay fresh. (AP Photo/Matt York)</p>Euro crisis turns Spanish suburbs into ghost townshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/24/11856909-euro-crisis-turns-spanish-suburbs-into-ghost-townshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/24/11856909-euro-crisis-turns-spanish-suburbs-into-ghost-townsmadridspanishsuburbanparadiseboompromotedtensonly-on-msnbc-comcountry'sThu, 24 May 2012 10:38:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Just north of Spanish capital Madrid lies Cuidad Valdeluz. 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(AP Photo/Trisnadi)</p><p>In this May 12, 2012 photo, a Lion Air passenger jet is parked on the tarmac at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia. Dozens of fledgling airlines that have sprung up to serve Indonesia's island-hopping new middle class could jeopardize the archipelago's recently improved safety reputation, aviation experts say. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)</p>Luxury automakers rush to capture Chinese demandhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11403881-luxury-automakers-rush-to-capture-chinese-demandhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11403881-luxury-automakers-rush-to-capture-chinese-demandbusinesschinacarasboomluxury-carThu, 26 Apr 2012 07:11:13 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this April 24, 2012 file photo, a woman walks out from a Mercedes-Benz CLS-350L during the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, China. Luxury automakers from Mercedes-Benz to Cadillac to Japan's Infiniti see China's newly rich buyers as a big part of their future. They are designing models for Chinese tastes and shifting some production to this country as its rapid growth mints tens of thousands of new millionaires. (AP Photo/ Vincent Thian, File) </p><p>FILE - In this April 24, 2012 file photo, Lamborghini's latest SUV "Urus" is on display at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, China. Luxury automakers from Mercedes-Benz to Cadillac to Japan's Infiniti see China's newly rich buyers as a big part of their future. They are designing models for Chinese tastes and shifting some production to this country as its rapid growth mints tens of thousands of new millionaires. 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